2 Going to Prison on Charge of Carjacking
AP, Dec. 16, 2005
FLORENCE — Two Hartsville men who pleaded guilty to federal carjacking charges in an incident in which a man was chained to a pickup truck and dragged through a field have been sentenced to prison.
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The two men began arguing with the victim over a drug deal at a Darlington County store in January, then struck him in the head and robbed him, prosecutors said.
The men forced the victim into his own pickup truck, ordered him to drive to a nearby field and made him take his clothes off, authorities said.
The victim was then beaten with a tire iron and burned with a cigarette lighter, chained to the truck and dragged up the road, prosecutors said.
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The victim, who is white, said Smith and McKay, who are black, made racial slurs while chaining him to the truck.
Authorities said they do not doubt the comments were made but said the crime did not appear to be racially motivated, because the robbery occurred first.
